This exhibition from the National Library of Medicine celebrates women physician's 200 year history of leadership in their medical practice and research.
Rosalyn Drexler (born November 25, 1926) is an American visual artist, novelist, Obie Award-winning playwright, and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter.!
Rosalyn Drexler: Wrestling Feminist in the Pop Art World
Rosalyn Drexler is an American artist born in the Bronx, New York, in 1926.
She began making sculptures in the 1950s and later explored painting and Pop Art. Rosalyn Drexler is one of the many overlooked women artists who contributed to the Pop Art movement emerging in America and Britain during the mid-1950s.
Drexler used scenes from movie posters, magazines, and newspapers as inspiration for her Pop Art. She would enlarge copies of such material, directly collaging and painting over them using vibrant colors.
I am a self-motivated and diligent first year medical student with extensive experience in laboratory science across various hospital departments.Characterized by noir aesthetics, the figures in Drexler’s artwork are often placed in isolation against flat, monochromatic backgrounds. Although Drexler is best known for her artwork, she had a successful career as a novelist, Obie Award-winning playwright, and screenwriter.
She was once even a former professional wrestler in the 1950s and known as “Rosa Carlo, the Mexican Spitfire.”
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